Description
Following a traumatic accident, an unnamed narrator receives a substantial financial settlement, which he uses to embark on an obsessive quest for authenticity. He meticulously reconstructs fragments of his past, hiring actors and building elaborate sets to recreate half-remembered events. This peculiar endeavor delves into themes of memory, reality, and the nature of experience as the protagonist grapples with the profound disconnect between his former life and his present existence. McCarthy's distinctive prose explores the unsettling territory where simulation begins to blur the lines of genuine feeling.
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paperback
Vintage
Published Feb 13, 2007
308 pages
ISBN: 9780307278357
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
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